Went 8 miles today in 1:07:33 for an average of 8.43 MPH. Ran in the rain and felt the now typical knee twinges and sore right arch. Felt good through the whole run though in terms of stamina.
Shoes: Pearl iZumi’s + 8 miles (41 total)
Entries from November 2006 ↓
Marathon Training Run VI
November 26th, 2006 — Running
Marathon Training Run V
November 22nd, 2006 — Running
First day back on the legs after my half marathon this past Sunday. I ran 5 miles in 37:30, for an average of 7.46 mph. My right arch is still sore from Sunday as is my right thigh (quad). I’ll be running another half tomorrow over the same route and will spend a lot of time stretching in order to give my sore and tired parts some extra love. Given the cold weather here right now I put on my old’ ’82 Cowboy boots (they’re still kicking) and my feet and arch feel like they have benefited from the raised heal of the boot. Go figure – cowboy boots as foot therapy.
Shoes: Asics Gel-Kayano’s +5
links for 2006-11-21
November 20th, 2006 — Daily NetTrek
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web safe fonts. I always wanted to know.
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baseline standards based css template for drupal intended to be used for building a drupal design
links for 2006-11-20
November 19th, 2006 — Daily NetTrek
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StarTrib columnist and blogger C J Lileks
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Daily Quirk by James Lileks
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great plugin for wordpress to do export/import of database
I didn’t mean to do it – Marathon Training Run IV
November 19th, 2006 — Running
I really don’t know what possessed me to try and run a marathon but it has quickly stuck itself in my head and I can tell that I won’t be satisfied until I have completed the task. That’s what has me up at 4:XX this morning preparing for a 6AM run with the Palm Beach Roadrunners. The Roadrunners are a local running team that has setup the half marathon route today, simulating the Marathon of the Palm Beaches run that will take place on December 3rd. Today, my goal is to get out and run with people (I always run alone), at an ungodly hour (I rarely get up early and marathons all start very early so far as I can tell) and see just how far I can make it. My plan is to run and then walk if necessary to complete the half marathon. I’ll be satisfied if I can run at least 8-10 miles of the total 13.1 mile half marathon since I haven’t been doing a lot of training yet and I’m still working my way back to proper running fitness. More than how many miles I complete by running, I have a goal to stay injury free and healthy. I can’t run my first ‘real’ half marathon on December 3 if I hurt myself today or during another training session.
I think this comment in one of Dad’s recent e-mails sums this all up rather well…
“Anyhow, sounds like you have been busy – marathon training. Good for you. Nobody in our family has ever run a marathon to my knowledge. That may make you the dumbest Gude in generations.”
links for 2006-11-19
November 18th, 2006 — Daily NetTrek
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An interesting piece on Marshall McLuhan relating to present day thinking in his areas of expertise.
links for 2006-11-18
November 17th, 2006 — Daily NetTrek
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good info on $19.99 plan I’m on for smartphones while using new cingular 3g network that’s coming here soon.
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Cingular BlackJack device help page
Marathon Training Run 3
November 17th, 2006 — Asides
Today was my first day running back-to-back days in a while. I ran in the afternoon, it was overcast and not terribly warm. In other words I had favorable running conditions. I ran a little over 3 miles in 32 minutes. First 20 minutes was pretty easy but I really struggled during the last 10-12 minutes. Today I’ll try another 3-5 mile run in preparation for a long training run this coming Sunday.
Postscript – I bought a new pair of Asics Gel-Kayano’s today from Run ‘N Roll on South Dixie Highway in West Palm. They’re pretty much top of the line and you can tell when you lace them up. These will be my half and full marathon shoes. I’ll continue running in my Pearl iZumi’s and alternate between the two but find that the additional cushioning and stability of the Kayano’s will make them long distance shoe. Speaking of Run N’ Roll. Jerry, the proprietor there, is a great guy and gave me tons of advice and tips on running marathons. He’s completed something like 50 of them – a local Boston boy turned South Florida native. In any event the big test is seeing how I fair over a half marathon. He said that it is possible to still get ready for the full in Miami in 2 1/2 months but that I’m pushing it pretty hard. He recommended just finishing the half in Palm Beach, doing another half for Miami ‘with intent’ and then going for the full in Ft. Lauderdale in February, which will give me 3 full months. He also expressed his preference for the Ft. Lauderdale
run over both Palm Beach and Miami because the track in Lauderdale is completely on the beach. Sounds like good advice to me. His other tip was to run tomorrow morning at 6am with the Palm Beach Road Runners. They’ll be running the half marathon route and Jerry recommended that I try to double my typical run of 5 miles under race conditions. They’ll have water and gatorade out along the route and this will give me people to run with as well, which I’m not at all used to. Let’s see if I can drag my ass out of bed at 5AM, scarf down a banana for carb loading and see how far I can make it.
Asics Gel-Kayano Mileage=3 (range 400 to 450 miles)
Pearl iZumi Mileage=20 (300 to 350 miles)
links for 2006-11-16
November 15th, 2006 — Daily NetTrek
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A great tool for figuring out the right subway to take from point to point using google maps
Run II
November 15th, 2006 — Asides, Running
The marathon training remains anemic but tonight I got out there and ran 47 minutes. A few more minutes than the usual and I at least felt a lot better than my crap first run this weekend. All great journeys begin with the first step and all that….
